Challenging Hate

David Law, Project Support Officer, East Sussex Safer Team, led a group session in school challenging stereotyping that can lead to bullying and racism.

Children learnt the meaning of Hate Crime:

• any criminal offence which is seen by the victim or any other person to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on somebody’s:
  • Disability
  • Race
  • Religion
  • Sexual Orientation

They also discussed the values that Britain supports:

• Making decisions together
• Understanding that rules matter
• Treat others how you want to be treated
• Freedom for everybody

By the end of the session children realised that it’s ok to:

• Be the real you – who you are is good enough you don’t have to be anyone else!

And that…

• Your identity makes you different but it doesn’t make you better than anyone else,